Per capita ghg emissions by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
48.95
Qatar
Lowest
0.657
Yemen
Median
5.08
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,079
What the numbers show
Per capita ghg emissions is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 48.95 in Qatar; the lowest is 0.657 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.08, and the mean is 6.95.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 75.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 137 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 145.8%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 88.6%).
Per capita ghg emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 48.95 | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Bahrain | 39.19 | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Kuwait | 34.51 | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Brunei | 32.33 | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Mongolia | 28.26 | 2024 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.18 | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 24.2 | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 23.77 | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 22.83 | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 10 | Oman | 22.17 | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 20.2 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 12 | Belize | 19.06 | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 13 | Russia | 18.85 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 18.08 | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 15 | United States | 17.53 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 16 | Palau | 16.58 | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Guyana | 16.11 | 2024 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 15.79 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 15.71 | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 15.66 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 13.23 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia | 12.89 | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 12.88 | 2024 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Libya | 12.87 | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Iceland | 12.85 | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Uruguay | 12.71 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Taiwan | 12.21 | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 28 | South Korea | 12.19 | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 11.8 | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Ireland | 11.46 | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 31 | Iran | 11.05 | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Malaysia | 10.93 | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 33 | Gabon | 10.79 | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Singapore | 10.49 | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Belarus | 10.44 | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 36 | Botswana | 10.39 | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 37 | Norway | 10.08 | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 38 | China | 9.94 | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Paraguay | 9.56 | 2024 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 40 | Bhutan | 9.33 | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium | 9.2 | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 9.13 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 43 | Estonia | 8.91 | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Suriname | 8.89 | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Aruba | 8.81 | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Iraq | 8.65 | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 8.62 | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Bahamas | 8.62 | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovenia | 8.55 | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 50 | South Africa | 8.48 | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.37 | 2024 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 52 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.28 | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Japan | 8.14 | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Netherlands | 8.08 | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 55 | Laos | 7.9 | 2024 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 56 | Czechia | 7.87 | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Germany | 7.8 | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 58 | Turkey | 7.77 | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.73 | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Denmark | 7.69 | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 61 | Lithuania | 7.62 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 62 | Austria | 7.48 | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 7.4 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 64 | Cyprus | 6.99 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 65 | Israel | 6.83 | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Venezuela | 6.79 | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Indonesia | 6.71 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 68 | Congo | 6.61 | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Andorra | 6.48 | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Cook Islands | 6.42 | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Thailand | 6.37 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 72 | Serbia | 6.35 | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 73 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.34 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 74 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.23 | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Chad | 6.2 | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.18 | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Italy | 6 | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 5.96 | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Algeria | 5.9 | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 5.89 | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 81 | Namibia | 5.86 | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 82 | Seychelles | 5.86 | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 5.79 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 84 | Vietnam | 5.78 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 85 | Spain | 5.74 | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 5.73 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 87 | Greece | 5.65 | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 5.64 | 2024 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 5.59 | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 5.55 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 91 | Barbados | 5.46 | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Sweden | 5.37 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 93 | Nauru | 5.34 | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Guinea | 5.32 | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 95 | British Virgin Islands | 5.28 | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Chile | 5.28 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 97 | Hong Kong | 5.25 | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Cambodia | 5.21 | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Portugal | 5.2 | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 100 | France | 5.08 | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 101 | South Sudan | 4.93 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 102 | Hungary | 4.91 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 103 | Mexico | 4.86 | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 104 | Maldives | 4.81 | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Romania | 4.75 | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Niue | 4.71 | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 107 | Colombia | 4.69 | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Panama | 4.68 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 109 | Zambia | 4.65 | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 4.5 | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 4.43 | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 112 | Peru | 4.41 | 2024 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 113 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.41 | 2024 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Liberia | 4.37 | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritius | 4.28 | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 4.25 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 117 | Angola | 4.21 | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 4.15 | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 4.12 | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.7 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 121 | Liechtenstein | 3.68 | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Cuba | 3.59 | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 123 | Slovakia | 3.58 | 2024 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Guatemala | 3.57 | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Lebanon | 3.56 | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Tunisia | 3.55 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 127 | Malta | 3.54 | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritania | 3.52 | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 129 | Ecuador | 3.48 | 2024 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 130 | East Timor | 3.48 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 131 | Armenia | 3.47 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 132 | Grenada | 3.44 | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Myanmar | 3.4 | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 134 | North Korea | 3.39 | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Georgia | 3.26 | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Jamaica | 3.2 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 3.19 | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 3.17 | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.14 | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 140 | Dominica | 3.09 | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Eritrea | 2.95 | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 142 | India | 2.94 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 2.92 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 144 | Egypt | 2.85 | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Benin | 2.83 | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Helena | 2.81 | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.79 | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Tanzania | 2.71 | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Jordan | 2.69 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Mali | 2.68 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 151 | Morocco | 2.67 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 152 | Sudan | 2.66 | 2024 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 153 | Lesotho | 2.64 | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 154 | Philippines | 2.64 | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Tonga | 2.64 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 2.52 | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 157 | Somalia | 2.52 | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 158 | Albania | 2.4 | 2024 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 159 | Cameroon | 2.23 | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Moldova | 2.21 | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Tuvalu | 2.05 | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Tajikistan | 2.02 | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Nepal | 1.98 | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 164 | Niger | 1.93 | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Madagascar | 1.92 | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Senegal | 1.91 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 167 | Montenegro | 1.91 | 2024 | up 145.8% | falling |
| 168 | Pakistan | 1.89 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 1.88 | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 1.87 | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | 1.87 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 172 | Sri Lanka | 1.85 | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 1.83 | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Djibouti | 1.81 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 175 | Kenya | 1.76 | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Mozambique | 1.74 | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Nigeria | 1.65 | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Macao | 1.62 | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Cape Verde | 1.61 | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Syria | 1.57 | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 181 | El Salvador | 1.56 | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Togo | 1.52 | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Ghana | 1.51 | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Vanuatu | 1.46 | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Fiji | 1.41 | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 1.39 | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 187 | Eswatini | 1.31 | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.29 | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Uganda | 1.28 | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Comoros | 1.19 | 2024 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 191 | Malawi | 1.15 | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Gambia | 1.06 | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 193 | Haiti | 1.01 | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 194 | Afghanistan | 0.9352 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 195 | Kiribati | 0.8241 | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Samoa | 0.7139 | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Burundi | 0.6906 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 198 | Rwanda | 0.6815 | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Yemen | 0.657 | 2024 | down 58.9% | rising |